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| John Vanstone (24th Mar 10 at 9:33pm UTC) Vanstones in Jersey, Channel Islands | | I have known for a long time that my great-great-grandfather, Ascott James Vanstone was born in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1842.
In searching for clues I found some other Vanstones (or Vanstons) also in Jersey!
John Vanstone and his wife Ann Bates/Bales were there in 1851 - no children in the census. I did however, find baptisms! 10-9-1848 Mary Ann Vanstone 23-9-1849 John Edwin Vanstone 25-5-1851 John Edwin Vanston 20-2-1853 Henry James Vanstone 22-4-1855 William Henry Vanstone 20-9-1857 Susana Louisa Vanstone 30-1-1859 Elizabeth Ann Vanstone 6-8-1861 James Vanstone
The 1861 census shows the family still in Jersey, where John plied his trade as a Coachman. John was 38, Ann was 36, John (jnr) was aged 10, William 6, and a daughter Ann was 3 years old.
By 1871 we only find 13 year old Annie, a domestic servant. Ann died in 1863 (buried with her children), and John died a few years later.
In 1851 we can also find Mary Ann Vanstone, age 25 working as a domestic servant.
My thoughts are that John was the son of Richard Vanstone & Jane Ward, born 19-2-1826 in Iddesleigh. Anybody claim these as ancestors?
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